Anchorage police responded to the 800-block of West 29th Place at 3:02 pm after call-in reporting shots fired at that location on Friday. When APD officers arrived at the scene, the suspect, now identified as 37-year-old Jesse Skinner, fired at the officers through the door. Skinner would barricade himself for several hours. As a result […]
The Anchorage Police Department revealed that the Special Weapons and Tactics Unit (SWAT), the Crisis Negotiation Team (CNT), and the Tactical Support Unit (TSU) was called in to the 5100-block of Chena Avenue on Monday evening after APD attempted to make a felony warrant arrest. The subject of the warrant, 62-year-old Jacquelyn D. Mercado, instead […]
Anchorage police say that they successfully took a suspect into custody after an almost 4-hour standoff that occurred in a hotel room at the Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage’s downtown district on Friday. 4th Avenue and 5th Avenue between K Street and I Street was closed down after APD was notified and responded to the […]
Anchorage police responded to reports of threats made by a man later identified as 35-year-old Tyler P. Merritt at 9:28 pm Sunday night on Campbell Airstrip Road off of Tudor. Merritt was located shortly after 11 pm barricaded in a vehicle a couple miles up Campbell Airstrip Road. This resulted in a large police presence […]